TONI STONE by Lydia R. Diamond (Public Reading)

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Toni Stoneby Lydia R. Diamond, Resident Playwright Alum

Toni Stone is an encyclopedia of baseball stats. She’s got a great arm. And she doesn’t understand why she can’t play with the boys.When a young Henry Aaron left for the majors, Stone replaced him and became the first woman to play professional baseball in the Negro Leagues . No woman matched her baseball accomplishments and, many would say, her perseverance—then or ever since. In the 1950s as the United States was poised between Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement, Toni Stone waged her own battle against prejudice.Toni Stone is a vibrant new play about staying in the game, playing hard, playing smart, and playing your own way.

On select Mondays at 7:00pm, Chicago Dramatists hosts a Monday Night Series event in our theatre. Most Series events are public readings of plays-in-progress, though some are special Master Panels or fire-side chats with artists.

All plays read in the Monday Night Series are directed, rehearsed, and presented with minimal staging. After each reading, the audience members are invited to fill out written response sheets or (when the playwright is amenable) join in a moderated post-reading discussion.